Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-08
STURGEON DECLINES
THE GREAT PaEAcHsR AND THE
north STATE TEACHERS.
An Interesting Lettsr-A Father Shoots
His SON The National Drill Cues
tion-Briefs, Go
tspecial telceram o the pIspasch.l


Morehead City and return, selecting
the finest OF the Cunard steamers for
The passage. The secretary has just re-
ceived the following autograph letter
from Mr.. Sturgeon
WRsTwoop, BEULAH HILL,
UPPER NORWOOD,
March 90, 1887.
Mr.. T.. G. Harriet, Secretary, Ra-
leigh, NJ g.:
Dear Sir,-I am honored by your
kind and loving invitation to visit
America, but it is quito out of the
question. ] am chained to the oar.
NV own ministerial work, and the con-
duet of my various institutions require
my constant presence. can only slip
away in the depth of winter. when my
health obliges me to seek milder eli
mate, and leave even then with regret.
Accept my kindest regards and
thanks for the invitation, which never
theless | cannot accept.
Yours truly,
CHARLES II. STURGEON.
Yesterday evening Pembroke Jones's
summerresidence at Wrightsville, near
Wilmington, was burned. The fire was
accidental. The loss is said to be
$1,000.
II is reported that there was slight
shock of earthquake at Wilmington
yesterday, preceded by a rumbling
noise.
Adjutant- General tombstone Jones
arrived here to-day.
This morning white man named
Solomon Carpenter, living near Cary,
shot and badly wounded his son, aged
about fifteen years. He fired shot
gun at the boy, and the load entered
the latter's leg, breaking the bones.
A warrant was issued for Carpenter,
and he was arrested and brought here.
A SATISFACTORY ENTERPRISE.
The New York, Philadelphia and
Norfolk Railway Company is pushing
itself rapidly in the eastern part of
this State by its eastern Dispatch "
lines of steamers, and its officers are
greatly pleased with the enterprise,
which develops day by day.
NEW TRIAL FOR BURGLARY.
Last week negro named d" DIR. Lu-
Glen Rowe was tried for burglary at
Durham and convicted. The evidence
upon which he was convicted was
chiefly that of Mary Castlebury, a ne
gro girl, who was n servant in the house
of Mr.. s. A. Thaxton, which it was
alleged Rowe burglariously entered.
The Castlebury girl yesterday made
oath before a magistrate that her
testimony against Rowe was false
in every important particular. The
Supreme Court, to which Rowe had
appealed, will of course grant new
trial.
NEWS HERE AND THERE.
Mrs. Addie Davis, nee Burr, widow Of
the late Vice President David Davis, is
visiting Congressman WhartonJ. Green,
at Tokay, near Fayetteville.
At the meetings of the commissioners
of the various counties this week many
elections on the liquor question have
been ordered. Over seventy-five such
elections in counties, townships, cities,
and towns are to be held next June.
Washington is one of the towns where
elections will be held.
A new summer resort is to be estab-
lished at Carolina Beach, fifteen miles
from Wilmington.
The more seasonable weather OF the
past few days has improved matters for
the fishermen, and reports received
here show larger catches of Ash. But
the fishermen, like the truckers, are
behindhand.
The item in this correspondence
about the feeling of the troops in this
State in regard to the participation of
negroes in the national drill had good
effect. 1t drew out of Mr.. L. G.. De
Leon clear answer. De Icons first
telegram was neither clear nor satisfac-
tory. Last night Captain Edward b.
Fngelhard, of the Governors Guard.
sent your correspondent the following
letter "The following will explain
itself. 1t refers to your special to the
Dispatch about this vexed question.
1t is q special from Mr.. De Leon, just
received. He says: "A special from
Raleigh published that my dispatch was
not clear. If negro companies come
they will be encamped separately and
drill separately" This settles the
question to the satisfaction of all the
troops from the South, no doubt.
suOO1rNG scRAPR
Near this city at a late hour last
night there was very exciting occur
renee, which might have had fatal
ending 1t is the old, old story of the
faithless wife and the lover. A man,
who is an under-ofiicer at the peniten-
tiary, has young and comedy wife.
Last night this man went home unex
pectedly, only to find the house empty.
The wife had gone. He was q patient
man, and waited. Presently up rolled
a carriage, driven by a negro. The
driver jumped TO the ground, and was
in the act Of opening the door of the
vehicle, when the husband, who was
standing in his porch, began rapid
fire upon the vehicle and its contents.
This was too much for the driver, who
sprang upon his box and drove like one
possessed. He made the best time
into the city, ond was arrested by po-
licemsn for fast driving. The wife has
returned to her husband, while her
lover literally " skipped by the light Of
the moon" The result will be q
l,-o.-a,, nm family circle aud the attand-